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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Iconographic

Iconographic \I*con`o*graph"ic\, a.

  1. Of or pertaining to iconography.

  2. Representing by means of pictures or diagrams; as, an icongraphic encyclop[ae]dia.

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iconographic

a. 1 Of or pertaining to a religious icon. 2 Of or pertaining to a secular person or topic that has attained cult status.

Usage examples of "iconographic".

The explorations of Giuseppe Tucci in central and western Tibet between 1927 and 1948 point to what might have been achieved by systematic documentation of buildings and their contents in the light of historical and iconographic documents.

Tantric ritual in India resulted in a great specialisation of iconographic forms over a long period.

They were the heads of families with many members, an important iconographic consideration, for these families had emblems and a distinguishing colour whose use in a given context had to be invariable.

Leonardo had finished a masterpiece on which he spent three years of hard labor, but had he also completed the terrible iconographic program that the Soothsayer had tried to stop at all costs?

Plymouth Rock achieved iconographic status around 1880, when some enterprising residents of the town rejoined its two pieces on the waterfront and built a Greek templet around it.

Tales started being written in the slick, iconographic style of MTV and embracing the anarchic philosophy of punk, a music genre just starting to come into its own.